As part of the NA61 fixed-target physics programme, the injector complex currently provides Xe ions to the SPS. This opened up the possibility of also extracting Xe beams and sending them to the LHC. For more details see here.

Due to the success of the T2K experience a new partnership between scientists from US institutions and CERN was initiated to improve flux predictions for the US neutrino program at Fermilab. Researchers from Fermilab, Los Alamos National Lab, University of Colorado, and University of Pittsburgh wishing to improve the understanding of the interactions between the protons and the target recently joined the NA61/SHINE collaboration. For more details, seehere.

In preparation for the beam energy scan with lead-lead collisions planned in 2016 and 2018, NA61/SHINE conducted beam and detector tests with lead ions accelerated to the total energy of 6 TeV. For more deteils see: